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true .but i find the pic unsettling ...despair ..dont feel that with Greens music...at moment collecting every transcription out there...
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12-25-2018 09:37 PM
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Bunch of good ones. Gonna go with "Idle Moments."
Damn good line-up: Grant, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw, Al Harewood. Very nice writing and arranging too (guit, sax, vibes harmonies work very well).
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I always come back to Greene Street. That tone is the icing on the cake.
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Same here. That lineup, with that material is just magic. I feel like it shows in his playing a little different style
Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Nice lesser known grant. I think originally under Dave Bailey's name, but nonetheless beautiful playing from Grant. Plus Ben Tucker on bass.
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According to his biography, written by Sharony Andrews Green, "Grant was sentenced to prison for drug possession in 1968. Initially, Grant received almost a slap on the wrist. Grant ended up with a longer sentence after he failed to report to the penitentiary at the agreed upon time." Originally Posted by voxss
IMHO, the book is a good read for the dedicated Grant Green fan.
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Jimmy D’Aquisto told me Grant would put anything he could get in his arm.
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im shocked but not shocked ..prison was the norm for posession.....joe pass..dexter gordon..so the record cover was Green behind bars...thnks for info...Update..1968 Green received a brief prison sentence for drug possession. Rather than reporting to prison, he left for a gig in California. Federal agents waited until he finished his set before arresting him and escorting him to prison for a longer sentence.like WES he got tired of jazz...$$$.. had grown frustrated with his meager earnings. Blue Note could record cheaply but lacked the resources to promote their albums.1965 he was moving more toward pop music and funk. After his release from prison, Green returned to Blue Note to make more commercial recordings that received radio play. Between 1969 and 1973 Green's records not only scored high on the jazz charts, they hit the rhythm and blues and soul charts as well. Some critics accused him of selling out to commercialism....
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I just gave Mobley’s “Workout” record another spin. Man that is a great one too, even though he’s not the leader. Every GG solo on the record is top notch
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The earliest one that I have is Grantstand which was released in 1962. Yusuf Lateef on sax and Brother Jack McDuff on the organ. I like the earlier stuff, but I need to find more of of it. That said I’ll take what I can find. He was great no doubt. I have a later 1970 release Green is Beautiful which is pretty cool. It has the Beatles, A Day in the Life on it. Green is really articulate. I want to contrast it with Wes Montgomery’s take in 1967 which had to be months after the Beatles released the original. Unfortunately I can’t find my copy of that one. Those times were weird but interesting IMHO.
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Even though these threads always end up being a list of albums, I still really enjoy them because there's always something new for me to check out. I've never heard "The Latin Bit", but, am now inspired to check it out!
My favorite Grant record for overall mood and vibe is "Feelin' the spirit", but that has less to do with his playing and more to do with the overall outcome. Hearing Herbie play gospel is just incredible, and Billy Higgins!
My single favorite Grant track of all time is "It Ain't Necessarily So".
for sideman work, I've always been partial to Stanley Turrentine's "Up At Minton's", Grant plays some great stuff there.
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That is a great tune ... ! It is so crisp and punchy I was surprised when I discovered it was a Gershwin tune from Porgy and Bess. Originally Posted by pcsanwald
Another tune that I think really emphasizes his unique single-note melody style is, "You Don't Know What Love Is" on Talkin' About. In fact, this album is one that Dave Stryker mentioned in his master's class a must-have. The B3 comp is just cool, too.
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Mobley's Workout with Grant is the non-Green-lead album I tend to fall back on the most. Originally Posted by Paulie2
Others have mentioned The Latin Bit; While I didn't list this as my favorite it might be the one I listen to the most since it is the one my wife really likes. While she loves jazz, The Latin Bit tunes have very pleasing, non-complex melodies and not being a jazz nut like me, she favors Latin rhythms.
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"Idle moments", the music track in which I would live. Melancholic and melodic (Melocholic ? Melanlodic ?) at the highest point. And the first jazz intro I learned...
Ps: If it were even possible to live in this track I would have my summer holidays in a more boogaloo record.
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Feelin the Spirit, Idle Moments
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They're all great, but Talkin' About is the one which grabbed me the deepest and never let go.
THIS!
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I know I'm bumping an old thread but it's a good thread, right?!
My favorite hasn't been mentioned. It's Street of Dreams. Just love his tone on this one and it swings and grooves with such good feel.
As far as my favorite not under his name, I have to go with Big John Patton's Let 'em Roll. I love the others he did with Big John too.
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Complete Blue Note Recordings, Idle Moments, with Hank Mobley, and this:
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